Al-Jazeera newspaper said Friday that four persons, all women from the same family, were killed in an attack at the village of Al-Qarn, south of Al-Khobah, at dawn Thursday. Eleven others were injured in the incident, which according to Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper involved the use of rocket-propelled grenades.
Al-Sharq Al-Awsat showed photographs of Civil Defense officials covering and moving bodies from the site and bulldozers moving in to clear the area. – SG